Webwasher

MetalMickey · 26th Feb 2002, 08:03 AM

http://www.webwasher.com/

This is a kickass little local proxy that filters all banner ads out of IE, Mozilla and Opera.

Works great, cuts down on load times a lot too, which is nice for 56k users.

Uppity · 26th Feb 2002, 08:43 AM

Ooo!

Thanks - I'll give that a go!

RogueLeader · 26th Feb 2002, 01:44 PM

I tried it once and hated it. A lot of its ad detection is based on the dimensions of the image, and a lot of web sites use roughly the same dimensions for non-ad images.

FiringAimlessly · 27th Feb 2002, 01:59 AM

Hmm... wouldn't that filter out most (decent-sized*) sigs?

*although that wouldn't do anything here.

MetalMickey · 27th Feb 2002, 04:20 AM

No, it doesnt filter any sigs, only advertising. I havent bothered to check how, but it works.

26th Feb 2002, 08:03 AM	#1
MetalMickey Banned Join Date: Jul. 30th, 2000 Location: Dublin Posts: 2,151	Webwasher http://www.webwasher.com/ This is a kickass little local proxy that filters all banner ads out of IE, Mozilla and Opera. Works great, cuts down on load times a lot too, which is nice for 56k users.

26th Feb 2002, 01:44 PM	#3
RogueLeader Tama-chan says, "aurf aurf aurf!" Join Date: Oct. 19th, 2000 Location: Indiana. Kill me please. Posts: 5,314	I tried it once and hated it. A lot of its ad detection is based on the dimensions of the image, and a lot of web sites use roughly the same dimensions for non-ad images. __________________ <SaraP> I have no interest in putting pocky, of any flavor, in my panties

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26th Feb 2002, 08:43 AM	#2
Uppity Registered User Join Date: Apr. 17th, 2001 Location: NE England (We hang monkeys) Posts: 454	Ooo! Thanks - I'll give that a go!

27th Feb 2002, 01:59 AM	#4
FiringAimlessly NOT going to waste another minute on CS! Join Date: Sep. 18th, 2001 Posts: 2,692	Hmm... wouldn't that filter out most (decent-sized) sigs? although that wouldn't do anything here.

27th Feb 2002, 04:20 AM	#5
MetalMickey Banned Join Date: Jul. 30th, 2000 Location: Dublin Posts: 2,151	No, it doesnt filter any sigs, only advertising. I havent bothered to check how, but it works.